Hello & welcome to the 2015 Best of P2TM Awards, a tradition started by Sentinel XV in 2013. It is our great pleasure to continue this tradition. May it inspire you as readers, writers, conworlders and gamers.

It's been several years since the founding of P2TM, when Our Lords and Saviors (a.k.a., the Mods) took us from the deserts of F7 and brought us here, to the Promised Land. Since that time, around early June of 2012, we have grown into a sizable, thriving RP community that can stand up even to II and NS.

This accomplishment is more than respectable. It is amazing. It is awesome. And it requires an awards ceremony, something to memorialize the greatest threads and the greatest moments of 2015, and to serve as a reminder as we go on through the years as to how great we all really are.

What this is not is a popularity contest. We've seen them used in this manner. Talent and popularity are not the same thing. Also, you must use the nomination form. You don't have to answer every category however.

Cheating and Puppet Wanking will not be tolerated.

Please do not clutter this thread with off topic, casual conversations. We have a discussion thread for chatter. If people want to discuss a nomination's merits or flaws, sure, people can weigh in. That includes the person nominated. Be respectful. "Vote for Me/This Person" promotion doesn't belong here. Take it to your OOC or Group threads.

The NOMINATION DEADLINE is 15 JANUARY, 2016, 1800 UTC (6 PM UTC; convert to your local time here). Nominations must be for things done in 2015.

WINNER SELECTION

CATEGORY: Roleplayer. This is based upon the number of nominations received. Nominations without supporting links/information will not be counted. ("Because they're awesome!" doesn't cut it.)

CATEGORY: Roleplay. This is based upon the number of nominations received. Nominations without supporting links/information will not be counted. ("Because it's awesome!" doesn't cut it.)

CATEGORY: Character. This is based upon the number of nominations received. Nominations without supporting links/information will not be counted. ("Because they're awesome!" doesn't cut it.)

CATEGORY: Scene. Determination process - panel of judges.

CATEGORY: Single Post. Determination process - panel of judges.

CATEGORY: Collaborated Post. Determination process - panel of judges.

Anyways, without further ado, let's get down to the actual Awards!

Best Role Player By Genre ComedyCrimeFantasyHorror/ThrillerLife-Based MysteryNation RPRomanceSchool-basedScience FictionWarMisc Genre

Other than Role Play Game nomination... No. Shallow. Bad. Go ask a friend to nominate you.

Each PLAYER is allowed to fill out ONE (1) nomination form. Players may not submit additional forms using puppets. IF a player is caught using puppets, both forms will be disqualified, AND IF that player has been nominated for anything, they will be dropped from the contest.

Anyone can contact the Minties at any time if they believe something is plagiarized. We usually see this regarding "Most Original Character" and fight scenes from video games/anime.

Who is Counting? We'll have 2-3 people going through the thread daily to count nominations. These people will post "caught up". Changes made to nomination forms AFTER they have been counted will NOT qualify.

Do all nominated posts go before judges? The Minties will go through nominated stuff before it goes before judges. They are only looking for really dreadful spelling/grammar/punctuation/text walls etc.

Players may refuse nomination/participation. They can post their polite refusal here or have their nomination revoked by contacting a P2TM Mentor.

[size=150][u]CATEGORY: Scene[/u][/size]A scene is a part of a story, a glimpse into that story which takes places in the same immediate setting. Scenes take place as players post. You can have as few as two players contributing; it can be as short as 2 posts, or as many as 20. Please note: one-liner banter (as commonly found in F7) does not qualify. Sorry. [b]Links to actual posts are required here.[/b] [b]Best Action or "Fight or Flight" Scene:[/b] [b]Best Comedy Scene:[/b] [b]Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker Scene:[/b] [b]Best Horror Scene:[/b] [b]Best Romantic Scene:[/b]

[size=150] [u]CATEGORY: Collaborated Post[/u][/size]A collaborated posts is one done by two or more players using Google Docs or TG or other features. Collaborated posts are normally posted by a single player but credit all authors. Collaborate posts should flow smoothly as a solid piece of work rather than disjointed one-liners thrown together. Nominations [b]must [/b]contain links to the actual post. [b]Best Action or "Fight or Flight" Scene:[/b] [b]Best Comedy Scene:[/b] [b]Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker Scene:[/b] [b]Best Horror Scene:[/b] [b]Best Romantic Scene:[/b]

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Just tagging, for now. I'll concern myself with this after my final finals.

They call me Temp. If I take too long to respond, just TG me. Or TG me whenever, I'm online 90% of the time.Anime God of P2TM, Last of Lithianity, Bro to All, & P2TM'sVillain in Glasses. Kacheen!2014 P2TM Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. During my first year on NS. Go figure.And 2015 Most Involved in P2TM? On a roll now!We don't talk about 2016 or 2017 or 2018, those were the Dark Times, deep in college.----->Founder of The Council of the Multiverse community.<-----

CATEGORY: RoleplayerThis category reflects the roleplayer, not the role play game. You may not nominate yourself.

Best Role Player By GenreYou must include a link to applicable examples to support your nomination.

Comedy:

Crime: That's a thing?

Fantasy:The Starlight, as is tradition. Yeah, he's a good RPer and stuff, but it's not as much as he is a badass, it's more that he's also involved in the community, too. He's the guy behind the P2TM Times, and writes fantasy RPing help on every issue. He doesn't shy away from help to his own RPs as well and participation in community projects. His writing style is easy to understand and not overwordy, which I like (and can't do myself). So yeah.

Best Worldbuilder: I dunnoBest OP/GM:The Republic of Atria, because he could make a superhero crossover RP with a somewhat subpar OP that's at the level of quality as EH and PL. He's a nice guy to work with and very forgiving, when talking about apps or posts. I'd share a Coke with him.Most Involved in P2TM: *shrug*Funniest RP'er: No Iffy? Fine, I say Mavorpen, because he's one of the few RPers who have a talent to put out a joke, both ICly and OOCly, and get away with it.Most Improved RP'er:New Rob Halfordia. This is an odd pick, I know, but bear with me. A LOT of RPers have improved a ton this year, myself included. It takes a lot of effort to write a good post, but it takes even more effort, not to mention having serious balls, to rise up to the above-average level of RPing and still be able to judge yourself critically. Rob didn't just get better - he knows that he can get even more better, he knows that he still needs to improve, and that's why I like giving him feedback, because I know that the person on the other side sincerely wants it, and is willing to get better.Best Writer (The "Novelist" Award): This is tough... Neros?.. Star?.. Mav?.. Zark?.. Lith II?.. Screw it, I can't choose anyone. Leave this one blank.

CATEGORY: RoleplayThis is for the the actual Role Play Game. You may link your own games. All nominations must have a link to both the IC and OOC threads.

Best Genre RP

Comedy:

Crime: That's a thing?

Fantasy:Children of Infinity. It's... a thing. I just didn't have anything else to put in here, but the OP is nicely done, the RPing is pretty good and Zark is a nice person to work with, so I nominate this one.

Horror/Thriller:

Life-Based:

Mystery:

Nation RP:Tales of Two Horizons, because, honestly, the apex of high-quality nation RPing is here and now. We beat II, you guys. Let us hope that the quality doesn't go down when that History RP gets released.

Romance:

School-based: I've heard good things about Elfen High, so I'll nominate it here. It's not like the school genre is even a good enough genre to be placed here anyway...

Science Fiction:The Athena Program. You thought I was just a seasoned IJtard and the entire forum might not even exist to me? Well, you're right, almost. I haven't gotten to playing in Athena, mainly because IJ exists, but it's a great and well-made RP with a solid fanbase and some high quality roleplaying.

War:

Misc Genre:The Solitary Throne, because there's nothing else where to put it in. Big G is an odd dude. While other Mentors usually either stay in the shadows or roleplay in some of those top-class RPs like EH or PL, he is a whole other can of worms - all about innovation and making his RPs more like tabletop or turn-based strategy games than anything. It's a really distinct genre that he's basically the main perpetuator of. I tried one of his older games once, I screwed up, I didn't like it, and it quickly died, but despite of that, I'm giving The Solitary Throne this nomination solely because Big G, with his continuous stance for role-gaming, has been apparently awarded with seven balls. And if you collect them all, you can wish for whatever you want.

Infinite Justice was neither a success nor a failure. It was a miracle. If you ever visited IJ, you should be aware that it goes against absolutely everything that the concept of "good roleplay" symbolizes. The opening post is... well... shallow, at best. Only a few paragraphs of basic info, only a few rules, then the applications. No deeper lore, no nice formatting, no rules against power climbing, the app isn't beautiful and nicely formatted, the playerbase is filled with relatively new people and the OOC threads are full of raging and off-topic discussion. This has got to be just some RP from 2012 that died when it reached a few pages because everyone was uninterested? No. Infinite Justice is, I'll say it, the most successful RP going on right now. Just Beyond has four OOC threads, and don't forget about the predecessor! The IC thread is full of high-quality posting - not by Mentors of Post khans, but by lowly people. And it just won't die.

If this were a mentor-built high-quality RP with a dozen posts of lore and all of the top cream of the forum playing there, like, say, Personification Life of Elfen High, then all would be understandable. But the fact that it was a RP made by normal RPers for normal RPers with no plans of forum domination that managed to compete with those two just makes it so much greater of an achievement. In fact, the unyielding success of IJ is what pushed me to write the How Roleplays Die essay - why do some RPs burn out like a twig, while others, with a similar amount of effort put, thrive and burn for years?

Most Creative or Original RP Idea:Sempiternal: The Path to Immortality is one of those "well-made failures" that I got to mention in How Roleplays Die. It's got a superb setting - well fleshed out with a lot of people helping Lith II out with it, it had some pretty new concepts in it, and honestly, the whole corporate and nigh-1984 climate isn't something that can be pulled out quite easily in a RP, but the guys did it. However, it all just went downhill from that. Lith kept going inactive, so did other people, this lagged the story, and the RP died before we even got to the whole tied up story. Just shows that high production quality doesn't always equate to high activity levels.Best OOC Thread:

CATEGORY: CharacterMost Fleshed-Out/Rounded Character: (Link to applicable examples, Character Sheets etc)Funniest Character: (Links or explain why)Most Original Character: (Character Sheet or other details supporting this)Best Character Death:Neros likes to make people die

CATEGORY: SceneA scene is a part of a story, a glimpse into that story which takes places in the same immediate setting. Scenes take place as players post. You can have as few as two players contributing; it can be as short as 2 posts, or as many as 20. Please note: one-liner banter (as commonly found in F7) does not qualify. Sorry. Links to actual posts are required here.Best Action or "Fight or Flight" Scene:Ragnarok War, Ragnarok War, Ragnarok War, Ragnarok War. Did I mention Ragnarok War? Oh, I meant "crash course for IJ awesomeness"Best Comedy Scene:Best Heartwarming/Tear-Jerker Scene:Best Horror Scene:Best Romantic Scene:

CATEGORY: Collaborated PostA collaborated posts is one done by two or more players using Google Docs or TG or other features. Collaborated posts are normally posted by a single player but credit all authors. Collaborate posts should flow smoothly as a solid piece of work rather than disjointed one-liners thrown together. Nominations must contain links to the actual post.

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